Magnolia Warbler trivia

Yesterday's mega on Fair Isle will no doubt stir memories of Britain's first Magnolia Warbler in Barnaby Lane, St Agnes, Scilly on 27th and 28th Sep 1981. Interestingly, the Scilly bird was found by Shane Enright, who birded Glamorgan for several years in the late 1970s whilst a student at University College Cardiff. Despite being present for two days, the bird was more or less inaccessible to birders other than those fortunate to be staying on Scilly at the time, such were the difficulties in getting to the islands especially on Sundays back then. Amongst the lucky souls, however, was another one of Glamorgan's own, the late Ken Lloyd.